Activator effect of coinjected enhancers on the muscle-specific expression of promoters in zebrafish embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 404-412

  Müller, Ferenc ^a,b   Williams, Darren W ^b   Kobolák, Julianna ^a   Gauvry, Laurent ^c   Goldspink, Geoffrey ^c   Orbán, László ^a   Maclean, Norman ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coinjection; Myosin heavy chain; Myosin light chain; Skeletal muscle; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA FRAGMENT; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOSAICISM; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LAC OPERON; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DANIO RERIO; LIGUSTRUM VULGARE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842374429     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199708)47:4<404::AID-MRD6>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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